Replacement of a broken motherboard in an iMac is 595€ or 1.466€!!!

Replacement of a broken motherboard in an iMac is 595€ but if I ask to return the faulty motherboard (proof of replacement, example is class, curiosity) cost suddenly rises to 1.466€.
Dealer claims 595€ is the price of an "exchange" and 1.466€ is the price of a purchase.
This means a motherboard costs more than a brandnew iMac.
Can someone explain what is happening?

Just google the drive in question (or go directly to the Seagate site) + "form factor."  The orginal drive will be 3.5" and have a standard size.
I don't know what will happen with a hybrid, but you might want to know before plungng ahead that all the drives for that model are Apple proprietary, with special firmware for the reading of the internal temp sensor.
The usual result of replacing the drive is that the SMC (System Management) receives no input for the temp of the drive and revs the drive fan up to max. One workaround for this, at least with ordinary drives, is to get the free SSD Fan Control.
http://exirion.net/ssdfanctrl/

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